At first, he followed their examples, but later moved to social realism.

I think they like social realism here and it isn't.

Sometimes the stories were pure adventure style, at other times more of social realism.

In the 1930s, he started writing his first short stories, following the emerging trend of social realism.

The phase of social realism had come to an end.

Still, by television's upbeat standards, this is a major step toward social realism.

American social realism had been the mainstream in the 1930s.

His own art had moved away from the platitudes of social realism.

That, to me, is what an original culture should be about: innovation, social realism, and a dynamic relationship with the present.

It's obviously not trying for social realism but it doesn't really hang together as a symbolic work either.